Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Von Spar

  Von Spar

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  Eschewing the familiar pop song and turning towards the classical structure, this mysterious German band pack many, mostly successful, idea...

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  The Ghost is Dancing

  The Darkest Spark

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  A big collective with lots of gang singing, slow builds and whirling dervishes of instruments? Well, just because it’s fun and hip to do do...

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  Amiina

  Kurr

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  They’ve been seducing everyone with their delicate, wafer-light toy box electronics and string concoctions through some EPs but, finally, t...

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  The Polyphonic Spree

  The Fragile Army

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2007

  Uh oh. It seems the cute little cult that was the Polyphonic Spree have decided to mobilise and organise. Soon they’ll have bubble blowing,...

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  Miracle Fortress / Pony Up! / Plante Te Femme

  Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa ON May 13

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2007

  It was a little slice of Montreal in Ottawa on Mother’s Day, and although the crowd was sparser than it should have been, the music was exp...

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  The Cinematics

  A Strange Education

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  The case of the "genre copycat band” still exists, and fans of Interpol, Editors and their ilk will feel right at home with the familiar so...

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  Grails

  Burning Off Impurities

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  When you share a label with the likes of Explosions in the Sky, Tarentel and Mono, there’s obviously a like for heavy instrumental music an...

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  Mus

  La Vida

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  For those who have a poor grasp of both of Canada’s official languages, any knowledge of Spanish usually comes from pop culture. However, m...